How We See Things
We take great strides to be the best at what we do. We love being of service to those in our care. We always strive to better our care. At Saint Iness Hospice, it is our commitment that your loved one will be pain free and that the entire family will always have access to the help and information they need on every aspect of the hospice and palliative care provided to their cherished loved one. Our palliative care program is best-in-class, rooted in a strong spiritual belief in the sanctity of end-of-life, is highly personalized and recognized for its excellence by families throughout Southern California.
What We Have Set Out to Do
At Saint Iness Hospice we want those in our care to take this sacred time to get as close to their departing loved one as they humanly can. This means that we take care of the perfunctory details of palliative care. We provide you with on-going information so you know what to expect and when. We afford best-in-class medical care and compassionate service to ensure that each patient in our care reaches the end-of-life surrounded by love, in comfort and treated with the utmost of dignity, warmth and compassion.
- All Medications required
- Case management services
- Professional pain management services
- Best in class symptom management
- Family counseling on bereavement
- Spiritual and Emotional Support
- Fast response to changing condition
- Bathing and other hygiene services both on-site and at home
- Respite program available for primary caregivers
- Both residential and nursing home Hospice services available
- Exceptional references from families we have served
- Reverence for the human condition
Values
Every family enjoys its own unique dynamic and approaches end-of-life in their own personal way. At Saint Iness Hospice, we treat each patient with the same loving kindness, emotional and medical support that we would provide to our own loved ones if they were to need palliative care – with the utmost kindness, compassion, medical care and family support.
Our Ideology
- Life is sacred and to be preserved when possible
- When end-of-life is approaching, it must be addressed lovingly
- It is not just the departing family member who is afraid. The whole family is
- We are a venue for coming to terms with grief, relief and the many other emotions that mark us during the final transition
- We function through the human emotion of compassion
- We are dedicated to providing information, education and to family members throughout the process and enjoy our position as thought leaders in palliative medicine
- We are at the forefront of thought in palliative medicine
- We hire only the highest qualified medical staff
- Continuous care – we can provide rotating daily care so that you or your loved one need not be transferred to a hospital
- Clean, lovely, welcoming on-site in-patient quarters
- On-site and on-call spiritual advisors of any denomination available
- Compassionate and highly knowledgeable staff
- Dedicated medical practitioners
- Kind, loving nurses and personal aides
- Support services to family after loved one has passed
